Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 13 14 Jun 2026, 08:06

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 21:15.057 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.730
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.763
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.983
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.857
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.650
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.207
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.719
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.402
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.617
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.788
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
28.512
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.465
And the system is very low on memory 3.650
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.218
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.575
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.388
And I free up some memory 0.765
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.284
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.515
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 5.208
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.807
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.857
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.763
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.377
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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13.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.737
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I disable the first tps feature 2.555
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.822
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.805
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.504
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.967
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.860
When I write some files expected to persist 1.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.529
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.555
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.321
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.741
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.446
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.501
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.859
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.361
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
Tags: @product
37.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.984
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.101
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.826
When I enable persistence 16.568
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.815
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.388
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.194
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.512
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.748
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
When I cold reboot the computer 10.252
And the computer reboots Tails 35.321
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.271
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 11.038
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.237
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.270
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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2:8.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.486
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 26.413
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.205
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.808
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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36.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.951
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.026
Then persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.236
And all notifications have disappeared 7.679
When I delete the persistent partition 2.677
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.725
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.066
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.040
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.518
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.814
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
46.822
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.219
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.700
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.628
And all notifications have disappeared 7.451
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 4.540
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.575
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.742
And I enable persistence 22.271
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.998
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.523
And persistence is enabled 5.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.296
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.380
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.323
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.082
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.125
When I enable persistence 10.517
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.907
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.805
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.248
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.084
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.300
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.164
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.933
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.945
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.917
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.885
And all notifications have disappeared 9.182
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.121
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.068
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.474
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.863
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.063
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.313
When I try to enable persistence 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.661
When I log in to a new session 10.364
And all notifications have disappeared 8.152
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.479
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000